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Edwards Duthie Shamash are recognised in the Legal 500.

Business Interruption Insurance Claims

As we approach “business as usual”, what losses can you claim? A year has passed and the United Kingdom slowly starts to move forward with the easing…

Kavita Rana

James Bowker featured in July’s LAG magazine

Breathing spaces and rent arrears – making the connections James Bowker, Simon Mullings and Miguel Sanchez reflect on joint working and how the social welfare advice sector…

On the Move? Read this first!

Conveyancing is the legal transfer of home ownership from the seller to the buyer. The conveyancing process begins when an offer on a house is accepted, and finishes when the keys are released.

Daveena Seepaul

World Health and Safety at Work Day – 28 April 2021

Since 2003, the International Labour Organisation has been observing The World Day for Health and Safety at Work in its annual campaign to promote safe places to…

Labour calls for Electoral Commission inquiry into PM’s flat refurbishment

The Electoral Commission must legally summon Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Conservative officials to give evidence on how the prime minister paid for refurbishments to his Downing…

Gerald Shamash

Client acquitted of attempted murder

Edwards Duthie Shamash successfully represented a client charged with attempted murder and perverting the course of justice. It was alleged that our client had deliberately run over…

Edwards Duthie Shamash recently acted on behalf of Labour’s leader in Scotland, Anas Sarwar.

The party took legal action against the Electoral Commission over what it said was the refusal to allow the slogan “Anas Sarwar – Labour’s National Recovery Plan”…

Gerald Shamash

Official probe into 11 Downing Street refurbishment

Edwards Duthie Shamash act on behalf of Cat Smith MP, Shadow Minister for Democracy in the Cabinet Office in connection with a number of reports that have…

Gerald Shamash

The importance of Lasting Power of Attorneys

Kate Garraway’s heart-breaking story of her husband Derek’s year-long battle with Covid has been made even more complicated by the lack of legal protection she and Derek had in place. Kate was unable…

Uber Drivers – Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has recently ruled that Uber drivers are entitled to be treated as workers as opposed to self-employed independent contractors. Uber drivers James Farrar and…

Terminating and/or renewing a commercial tenancy or lease

Part 2 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 (The Act) governs commercial tenancies and with very few exceptions applies to all commercial tenancies and leases unless…

Anti-social Behaviour Notices – what can you do if you have been unfairly served with such a notice?

Significant powers are now available to the Local Authority and the Police to issue what is known as Anti-social Behaviour Notices. This can give rise to unfairness…

DLA Conference – February 2021

DLA CONFERENCE – February 2021 – “Activist lawyers, discrimination and positive action” – 9 online sessions – BOOK NOW! All 9 sessions of the Conference will be…

Intestacy of Caroline Flack

Caroline Flack, the TV presenter, perhaps best known as the host of Love Island sadly died in February 2020. It has been reported that Caroline’s net state…